<p>Odisha government today engaged scuba divers and undertook aerial search to trace at least nine persons missing after the boat capsize incident in Hirakud Dam.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Sambalpur District Collector Balwant Singh, who supervised the night-long rescue operation, said 11 persons have died in the mishap.<br /><br />As the administration could not recover more bodies during the night-long rescue operation in the Mahanadi river, the state government engaged a team of scuba divers to fish out bodies suspected to be trapped beneath the capsized boat, special relief commissioner (SRC) P K Mohapatra said.<br /><br />Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi, who is on a two-day tour of the state, will be visiting the accident site today.<br /><br />"Rahul Gandhi will visit the accident site and review the situation there. He has made certain changes in his programme," OPCC president Jaydev Jena said.<br /><br />Odisha's Revenue and Disaster Management Minister S N Patro and Finance Minister Prasanna Acharya have also rushed to the spot.<br /><br />The incident took place yesterday when around 120 people from the Lion's Club of Sambalpur, Hirakud and Bargarh, were returning after going to other side of the reservoir for a picnic.<br /><br />Eleven bodies were handed over to their family members last night after post-mortem.</p>
<p>Odisha government today engaged scuba divers and undertook aerial search to trace at least nine persons missing after the boat capsize incident in Hirakud Dam.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Sambalpur District Collector Balwant Singh, who supervised the night-long rescue operation, said 11 persons have died in the mishap.<br /><br />As the administration could not recover more bodies during the night-long rescue operation in the Mahanadi river, the state government engaged a team of scuba divers to fish out bodies suspected to be trapped beneath the capsized boat, special relief commissioner (SRC) P K Mohapatra said.<br /><br />Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi, who is on a two-day tour of the state, will be visiting the accident site today.<br /><br />"Rahul Gandhi will visit the accident site and review the situation there. He has made certain changes in his programme," OPCC president Jaydev Jena said.<br /><br />Odisha's Revenue and Disaster Management Minister S N Patro and Finance Minister Prasanna Acharya have also rushed to the spot.<br /><br />The incident took place yesterday when around 120 people from the Lion's Club of Sambalpur, Hirakud and Bargarh, were returning after going to other side of the reservoir for a picnic.<br /><br />Eleven bodies were handed over to their family members last night after post-mortem.</p>